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Friday, March 18, 2016

Boy kidnapped for Rs 10 crore, murdered

A day after the body of a class X student from Begum Bazar was found stuffed in a carton and abandoned near an eatery in Secunderabad, police have reportedly picked up three suspects for their role in the gruesome murder from Vijayawada. The suspects were picked up based on mobile phone tower location. The boy was kidnapped for a ransom of Rs 10 crore, but he was killed before the family could arrange the money.

Around 11 pm, Gopalpuram police were alerted about a boy's body, in a crouching position with limbs bound by wires, found stuffed in a carton and abandoned near Alpha Hotel near the Secunderabad railway station. A team was dispatched to the location and other police stations in the city were intimated about the discovery. The Shahinayathgunj police responded and sent a profile of a 15-year-old teenager, Abhay Madhani, who went missing from Begum Bazar at 3 pm.